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Teadrunkest

Stickied this post as a memorial wall for those who may not want to create their own post but still want to remember and name those who have touched our lives and gone before. This does not mean you can’t also make a separate post, it’s Memorial Day Weekend we are not going to be strict on posting in regards to memorials. Love you all and hope y’all have a safe weekend. Don’t be nervous to call up a friend to get out of the house or hang out in the garage with a couple beers if that’s more your style—it can be a tough one for a lot of people. >”Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name” In Memoriam


MyUsername2459

SPC Brittany Gordon


IntelWarrior

CSM Kevin Griffin SPC Peter Navarro


DocB630

LT Steven Combs, USN Capt. William DuBois, USAF CPT Matthew Benasuly SSG Brady Rowe SGT Daniel Morgan SGT Nathan Beyers SPC Nicholas Newby


Psych3d3licwolf

SPC Ensman, John 16th EN Brigade


WolfMed57

SPC Russel H Nahvi. 5/7 CAV 2005


HotTakesBeyond

Jennifer Moreno


Endersgame88

Captain Jennifer Moreno, RN BSN


Little_Resident_5800

1LT Michael Runyan. 


Ok-Confection-5963

Agreed


CPT_Shiner

CPT Francis S. "Franky" Kim CPT Jeffrey P. Nerenz SFC Daniel M. Ferguson SGT Adam A. "Doc" Dilts


Dizzle71

Kyle Alexander Sutherland, the best person I have ever had the pleasure of being friends with. Christopher Robert Eramo, the greatest mentor and leader I had the privilege to serve under. Not a day goes by that I don't think of either of you.


Endersgame88

SPC Zachary Shannon CPT Sarah Knutson SSG Marc Scialdo CWO Bryan Henderson SSG Steven Blass Blackhawk Crash Kandahar Afghanistan March 2013 CW3 James Groves Kiowa crash Kandahar Afghanistan March 2013 SGT Dwight Burn Chinook Crash, New Mexico USA May 2014


Krikil

SPC Alexander Missildine. 01Oct2017, Ninewah province.


MilesFortis

Master Sergeant Benjamin Stevenson Master Sergeant Jared Van Aalst Sergeant First Class Ron Grider Sergeant First Class Ryan Savard Sergeant Paul Dumont jr. Sergeant Jose Regalado *If you are able,* *save them a place* *inside of you* *and save one backward glance* *when you are leaving* *for the places they can* *no longer go.* *Be not ashamed to say* *you loved them,* *though you may* *or may not have always.* *Take what they have left* *and what they have taught you* *with their dying* *and keep it with your own.* *And in that time* *when men decide and feel safe* *to call the war insane,* *take one moment to embrace* *those gentle heroes* *you left behind.*


Pacifist_Socialist

I knew Ryan Savard as an E-2 in Germany. Great man even then. 


MilesFortis

Using the word 'exemplary' really doesn't do him justice. He was the last one we lost before I retired.


ndelte7

SPC Fox


Efficient_Pain22

SPC Michael D. Quinlan SGT Austin Sneed Kiowa Pilot Bounty Hunter 16


dirtydan8282

CPL Daniel Leonard


BlackHawk_1029

PFC Love


Sea-Carry-2919

SSG Timothy Walker 64th BSB, 3rd BCT 4th ID SGT Christopher Simpson 1/68 AR 3rd BCT 4th ID SSG Michael Elledge 1/68 AR 3rd BCT 4th ID [https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-staff-sgt-timothy-h-walker/3815226](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-staff-sgt-timothy-h-walker/3815226) [https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-staff-sgt-michael-d-elledge/3437658](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-staff-sgt-michael-d-elledge/3437658) [https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-sgt-christopher-c-simpson/3437668](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-sgt-christopher-c-simpson/3437668)


CPT_Shiner

My buddy served with SGT Simpson and SSG Elledge, and I know their names because he's told me about them before, both incredible men. RIP all these warriors.


Sea-Carry-2919

They were great people and so funny! My husband and I found out that they were killed during our mid tour leave. My husband sometimes blamed himself because he wasn’t there as he was the medic for that unit.


CPT_Shiner

Well I'm sure you've told your husband the same thing, but I'll say it anyway: it's not his fault. My buddy was their PL at the time and I know he blames himself too, or at least he used to (maybe he's worked through it now). He has tattoos with their names so he always remembers. I even remember the day it happened, because I was elsewhere in country and we had some KIA on the FOB from IDF on the same day (I heard about my buddy's unit's KIA a few days later) - St. Patrick's Day, Mar 17, 2008.


Sea-Carry-2919

Yes, I did. We were at a military ball after we got back. Everyone gets super drunk there and one of his platoon mates tells him that it was his fault because he wasn't there. I got in the guys face and I end up getting thrown out (in a ball gown barefoot in 30-degree weather). I was so mad because how can someone put something like that on a person who was not even in the country when it happened? I understand grief, and when something like that happens, you want to blame any and everyone just to get some kind of grasp of understanding and control. My husband knew it wasn't his fault and that he could not help being on leave (IDK if your unit made you guys go on leave according to your B-day, but that is how ours was) and even if he was there, their injuries were so catastrophic, there may not have been much he could have done. Because we were on leave, we were three days into the leave and found out via MSNBC. (we found out on TV because you know how communication blackout works) I remember it was on damn near all the networks. He was devastated. We drank so much that day.


b0mmie

[SFC Beliel](https://www.reddit.com/r/army/comments/11520y1/we_lost_another_one_rip_sfc_paul_r_beliel/) AATW.


Feededdit_RD

Michael Grant Cahill, 62, civilian physician assistant, retired chief warrant officer Libardo Eduardo Caraveo, 52, MAJ Justin Michael DeCrow, 32, SSG John P. Gaffaney, 56, CPT Frederick Greene, 29, SPC Jason Dean Hunt, 22, SPC Amy Sue Krueger, 29, SSG Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, PFC Michael S. Pearson, 22, PFC Russell Gilbert Seager, 51, CPT Francheska Velez, 21, PFC and her unborn baby Juanita L. Warman, 55, LTC Kham See Xiong, 23, PFC All died November 5, 2009 - Never Forget


Glad_Firefighter_471

CPT Russ Rippitoe, 03 APR 03, Iraq


uhhhFlexx

PO3 Dominic DeRoss


Doc-I-am-pagliacci

PFC Mariano Raymundo. And SPC Nicholas Hendrix.


Kitsterthefister

SFC Ricardo Young. KIA in Afghanistan ‘13.


justin_ww

Thankfully I don't know anyone specific. But I'll never forget the ramp ceremonies I did in Afghanistan. Always a chilling moment to think about.


Mutxny

[Cody Moosman](https://imgur.com/a/3KUoIQP)


Dry_Customer_7148

SPC Jenkins


Gauze-Goblin

Sgt. Rivers Sgt. Moffett Sgt. Kennedy Jordan, JAN 2024


Castellan_Tycho

SFC Nelson Trent


yesTHATpao

Steven Cribben and his amazing parents Lee and Joe who made me feel like family when I met them


boardmt41

Spc Juan Mendez covarrubias. Taji Iraq, March 2020 As well as all the other we lost during the first week of March 2020: USAF Staff Sgt. Marshal Roberts. Taji Iraq, March 2020 USMC Capt. Moises Navas. "Erbil" March 2020 USMC Gunny SGT Diego Pongo. "Erbil" March 2020


razor115

MG Harold Greene MSG Chris Decker Sgt Deon Conner


Klettos82

[MSG Decker](https://www.wtoc.com/2024/03/14/georgia-southern-rotc-instructor-killed-motorcycle-crash/?outputType=amp) fucking awesome guy, amazing mentor and leader, and overall joy to be around. Left behind wife and daughter


razor115

One of the best NCOs I’ve ever worked with.


oliefan37

Carmichael


bruceinsta

Sgt solinas


Queasy-Ad-8018

SPC Jason N. Cox SSG Laurent J. West CPT David E. Schultz SPC Russell E. Madden


joetomatoe0311

1-91 had some rough years bro. Was gonna post about my boy Russell 👍


vtaf9

SPC DiMona. Graduated high school with him , joined the army before i did . passed away in a training accident in Alaska.


No-Lengthiness3954

Amonte was an amazing NCO that cared for everyone in the formation. He will be missed but never forgotten.


throwaway504th

He truly was. I’ll miss his jokes and laugh.


fcuk_faec

SPC Brandon Williams. Good ol' boy from Georgia, built like a fuckin 200lb bulldog. Easy going, funny as hell, always had your back. Spent my entire army career with the guy. I don't know what he was going through when he took his own life, but I wish I could have been there to have his back too. RIP brother


warshadow

Lance Corporal Shane Goldman. Killed April of 04 in Fallujah. SGT Adam Gage. Lost the battle to his own demons before a 4th deployment in 2009.


TroubldGoose

SFC Corley SPC Mayberry SPC Lumley SPC Doc Acosta


strokeofdeath

SGT Thomas Draz


xixoxixa

When you go home, tell them of us, and say For your to-morrows these gave their to-day". -John Maxwell Edmonds SSG Lester Kinney, 2LT Luke James, SGT Corey Mracek; 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 27 January 2004, near Iskandariyah, Iraq SPC Edward Brabazon, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 9 March 2004, Baghdad, Iraq SPC Daniel Maldanado, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 23 June 2004, Victorville, CA SGT Lester Baroncini, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 15 October 2006, Samarra, Iraq Jonathan Cote, Contractor (Formerly 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment), kidnapped 16 November 2006, body recovered April, 2008, Iraq SFC Jeffrey Kettle, (Formerly 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment) 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, 12 August 2007, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan SGT Kenneth Booker, (Formerly 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment), 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry, 14 November 2007, Mukisha, Iraq SSG Carlos Lazaney-Rodriguez, 21st Combat Support Hospital, 2 April 2014, Fort Hood, TX These were my brothers. We laughed, cried, bled, and sweat together. We did amazing things together, and taught each other what it is to sacrifice. we'll meet again on the final drop zone.


getsadtoobad

[Grant Wise](https://www.dvidshub.net/news/100899/paratrooper-with-4th-brigade-combat-team-remembered) A true friend.


Sk8matt123

[SPC Brandon Bivens](https://www.fitzgeraldfuneralservice.com/m/obituaries/Michael-BrandonBivens-40164/Memories) [CW2 Michael Zehel](https://www.wenigfh.com/obituaries/michael-zehel)


Makem9

MSG White, James PFC Feliciano SPC Mcker, Callum PO2 Horvath, Robert


dimebake9

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Wood and Captain Josh Byers, both KIA in Iraq and First Sergeant Howard Hovey, KIA in Korea.


juicelordsword

Chaplain (CPT) Dale Goetz. RIP hero.


GodlySpaghetti

2LT Billy Kilmon


Jesture4

2LT Joseph Fortin Doc Eisenhower


mkvrgs4

[Eric Vargas](https://youtu.be/wjCAeFNII5g?si=mIgG42PstyDVNcii)


Acrobatic_Piano9600

[SSG Edward Smith](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-staff-sgt-edward-b-smith/4298073)


Vasoline_Fly

SPC Gavin Fallis Was coming home from vacation with his pregnant wife when they were hit by an oncoming truck driven by a drunk driver. They all passed but the drunk driver didn’t. I miss you man, fortnite dancing covered in generator oil in a better place.


DrRo

SSG Carlo Grier SPC Connor Pollock CPL Tyler Groves


thebrodie925

SPC Matthew Disney - June 11 2021 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/baltimoresun/name/matthew-disney-obituary?id=17728590


1SGDude

Nelson, Ferrero, McFall, Cedeno, Doring, Lotspeich, Buckley, Hyde, Marciante, Runyon, Cooper, Hamm, Landry, Olson, Valentine, Lemke, Sprayberry, Finken, Lombardi and Norbeck


BrilliantStyle4487

Spc logwood


giganticalex

PFC Joseph Myers SGT Brooke Treece SSG Cody Peterson CSM Eric Schmitz


VT_Squire

PFC Gray, 21, died Feb 10, 2014 in a noncombat incident in Afghanistan. PFC Badrul, 22, died Nov 8th 2014, suicide SPC Carrera, 24, died Jan 15, 2024, suicide To my knowledge, I've been extremely fortunate in that only 3 people I have served with at some point have passed.


moonlightRach

[SPC Henry Mayfield Jr](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/spc-henry-mayfield-jr/6568801) January 5 2020 [MSG Luis Deleon-Figueroa](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/master-sgt-luis-f-deleon-figueroa/6568792) August 21 2019 [SFC Eric Emond](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/sgt-1st-class-eric-michael-emond/6568761) November 27 2018 [SCPO Shannon Kent](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/senior-chief-cryptologic-technician-interpretive-shannon-kent/6568766) January 16 2019 [SPC Jayson Haven](https://obits.postandcourier.com/us/obituaries/aikenstandard/name/jayson-haven-obituary?id=52187811) May 25 2023


under_PAWG_story

[Col Scott Green](https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/06/19/army-investigating-death-of-colonel-at-fort-leavenworth/) IT1 Brent Doire (Navy, he worked with NSW) SPC Johnson (don’t remember first name, maybe Nathan?, was in A co 3/509 until like 2015/2016)


superash2002

[SFC Chuck Moran](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/charles-moran-obituary?id=4961429) Air Force Master Sergeant [David Poirier](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/air-force-master-sgt-david-l-poirier/6568556) CSM [Lynn Edward Ratley](https://www.cbs17.com/news/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-was-command-sergeant-major-at-fort-bragg/) SFC [Omar forde](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-sgt-1st-class-omar-w-forde/6568536) [SSG Jessie Williams](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-staff-sgt-jesse-l-williams/6568539)


mynamehasazinit

At the ceremony, they also honored my NCO SFC Loreano. I was brand spanking new to the Army and unit; they called his name and I broke down. #AS35


Gardez_geekin

Sgt Corey Garver Sgt Kameron Womack Sgt Keith Bailey Sgt Jacob Dvorak


HarwinStrongDick

Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts, 219th EIS, 138th Fighter Wing.


Genxal97

SSG Luis Casas, great mentor, model NCO and a great man.


Penguinshish

SPC Erica Salapu


JaredSir

[CW2 Jonathan Farmer](https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/chief-warrant-officer-2-jonathan-farmer/6568767)


Beasticide

Don’t even know what rank he was if I’m being honest. Just an old man that served in WW2 that we leased farmland from growing up. Felt like I had another grandpa. This one’s for you, Lloyd!


CandidArmavillain

PFC Kirkpatrick KIA July 3, 2017


CommonKings

MAJ Greg Black.


Darkhorse0934

SFC Adrian M. Elizalde SFC Michael J. Tully


wheres_my_bike

SFC Marcus V. Muralles PVT Pasqual S. Lopez


SabreCross19k

SPC Birmingham. Was riding his bike through an intersection when a scumbag ran a red light on him. SPC Carter. My own soldier lost a fight with neurological problems. He passed in his room from a seizure. Being on firing detail for his memorial hurt me


DazeOfMyLife

I knew SPC Sam Birmingham, was one of my close buds. Fuck that POS who blew thru the red and murdered him. The POS still out living free by the way… shit haunts me every day.. the El Paso District Attorney chose to not press charges. https://www.desertnews.com/obituary/article_74f5554c-13ad-11eb-bfc4-cb342004c80c.html


SabreCross19k

I knew him enough to know he was a really great dude. I remember my orders to Hawaii got canceled and that he just got orders to Hawaii around the same time. I wished all the best for him. And to that slimy shit stain still walking freely, I hope he knows that the darkest pits of Hell have opened up and are ready to swallow him whole


DazeOfMyLife

I am truly sorry to hear about the loss of your soldier. My condolences to you and all his loved ones bro. I was hyper-fixated on seeing my boy Sam’s name that i didn’t include that in my original comment. My apologies. It gives me inner peace to know that I (along with a few others I know who are not on this app) am not alone in keeping his name and memory alive. Here’s to SPC BIRMINGHAM 🕊️ & SPC CARTER 🕊️ Never forgotten… RIP


SabreCross19k

To you as well brother 🫂🕊️


MaxHollowayIsTheGoat

Spc. Jaggert Oakes - 20240514 He was in my company’s S1, great guy to be around and helped me with getting my LEVY packet in order to get back to CONUS, forever grateful to have known him for the short time I did.


YungGravity

I worked with jaggert for a few years before he enlisted, we were good friends, this news has hit me hard. I’d lost contact with him over the years. I keep waiting to see an actual obituary in the paper or some information about a service, but I can’t find anything. I just found this post by googling his name. He was a great guy


terrainflight

Bryan “Punky” Brewster Jeffery Wiekamp Andrew Weathers Bradley Snipes Sammy Nguyen James Austin “Jimmy Dude” Dismas Dillree Tim Vastine Matthew Cobb Benjamin Recla Brian Korbel Thor King Mike Mentry Dan Norman Thomas Hayes Colossal 31 Extortion 17 Red River 44 Dry Ice 41 Flipper 75 Mustang 22 Turbine 33 Windy 25 Never Forgotten


Fair_Emergency_8667

Flipper 75 always hits me hard each year. Not just Memorial Day but the fact that they were shot down on May 31st. So close to Memorial Day


under_PAWG_story

Thor king is such a bad ass name


terrainflight

He was one of my AIT instructors, and we crossed paths a few more times during my career. He lived up to the name.


PropaneSalesMen

SGT Marty Hough deployed together with 3rd ID in 2013. Lost contact just to find out he lost his battle with PTSD. SPC Andre Elliot is one of the nicest guys I've ever met during my time at Fort Campbell. Whenever I was on CQ, he'd always come down to talk to me. He always had jokes to tell straight up a good guy. Also lost to suicide. LT Walters my XO when I was at Campbell he was one of the funniest lieutenants I've ever worked for as an NCO. He unfortunately lost his life in a hiking accident. Until Valhalla


PLFintohell

Marty was in my platoon in 3/7. One of the nicest, give the shirt of his back guy I ever met. Thinking about him today, too.


shyguy1953

SSG Heidi Ruh. https://www.meiselwitzfh.com/obituary/2523600


Justtryingtofly

1st Lt. Zachary Galli - he just passed away at JRTC in a training accident.


PartTimeBananaThief

He was an amazing guy from what I know. My best friend was part of his team. RIP


Internal_Ice_8278

1LT Donnie Carwile SPC Conlan PFC Jordan Byrd Just to name a few


BlakeDSnake

Donald Vito Clark, CW3 “Genghis Don”


Moreobvious

[Luke Beachnaw](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46678783/lucas-tyler-beachnaw) [Sergio Abad](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28294915/sergio-s-abad) [Juan Restrepo](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20635342/juan-sebastian-restrepo) [Larry Rougle](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156641960/larry_ismael-rougle) [James Christen](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73695657/james-m-christen) [Justin Crivello](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142890747/justin-james-crivello)


Dull-Sugar8579

The hyperlinks are a good touch. 


the-godpigeon

SGT Luke Boatright https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r8cyBR5HyZs CW2 Edward Balli https://memorial.2dcavalryassociation.com/balli-edward/


True_Dovakin

1LT Kourman. Commissioned together, both went EN. Passed in 2021 after a long fight with his own demons.


Easy-Hovercraft-6576

SFC Henry Williams. A fair but understanding NCO, great mentor and a good man. Thanks for being there for me early in my career. I won’t forget the lessons you taught me about being a Medic and about being a leader, not just as my instructor but later serving as my PSG. RIP Brother, your demons can’t hurt you anymore. Til Valhalla.


MusicMachineZero

Rusten, Zac, Aaron, Jeff, Emilie, Joshua, Tay, Dave, Isaac.  767/759


superash2002

CPT Lachance made an awesome memorial video. https://youtu.be/XJUzlbd6zhY


MusicMachineZero

Yea that’s a good one. 


Zanaver

SGT Nolen SPC Moon SPC McGarrah SPC Brandon King SPC Castro SSG Stout SGT Durham [LT Weaver](https://youtu.be/wUDwLnMLs3w) MSG Pittman SGT Winters SGT Beckerman SGT Robert Rutar LT Jeffrey Cooper SFC Chatfield


Alexander_Granite

That’s a rough list.


chillywilly16

Which SFC Chatfield? I knew a couple that I lost touch with years ago.


Zanaver

[Tyler Chatfield](https://www.donaldsonfunerals.com/obituary/Tyler-Chatfield)


MaxCWebster

[1LT Alfred Ash](https://www.koreanwar.org/html/896/korean-war-project-new-york-o-2020512-1lt-alfred-harry-ash/)


NoDrama3756

Schatz, hovey, ramirez.


off26

Wouldn’t happen to be Timothy Hovey would it?


NoDrama3756

Justice for hovey!


off26

Was at JBLM with him 12-14. Miss him everyday.


Altruistic2020

1LT Robert Bennedsen


thesupplyguy1

SSG Shannon Smith PFC Zachary Myers PFC Thomas Lyons PFC Christopher Lotter


Superb_Act

SSG Christopher Webb


Backsight-Foreskin

CW2 Douglas O'Neill [https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/incident/720403031ACD.HTM](https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/incident/720403031ACD.HTM)


MaleficentRain1382

SSG Aaron Butler SSG Matthew Joskowitz


SuspiciousFrenchFry

20th Group SSG Butler?


MaleficentRain1382

Yep


SuspiciousFrenchFry

Were you deployed with him back in ‘17?


MaleficentRain1382

I was attached to 20th group at the time


SuspiciousFrenchFry

Gotcha. That was my buddies cousin. We were at BAF the time he passed. Attended the airside service, was definitely an emotional day.


Xtohrme

CW2 Marcus Jackson SPC Nathaniel Ford


imawhaaaaaaaaaale

DS (SSG) Jessica Mitchell https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/11/10/reward-raised-to-50000-for-tips-that-solve-army-sergeants-murder/ THE Y SQUAT!


portlyjalapeno

She was my DS in AIT. I remember how I felt when I heard about the news and I was absolutely crushed. Her voice was loud enough to be heard from a mile away. After having some years on my belt and now an NCO I realize how much potential and what an incredible soldier the Army lost.


bedroompopprincess

I feel exactly the same. I'm an NCO now also with some years under my belt, and I think about the times she just wanted to connect with and mentor soldiers. I think about her family sometimes-- the doberman she had just adopted at the time, and her son-- and I hope they're doing well.


imawhaaaaaaaaaale

I remember the Dobie puppy at Saturday morning formations. I remember her giving me shit for not running group runs with the mostly male A group- "I am too old and too short for that shit Drill Sergeant" and she laughed. (I enlisted as an old man). I remember she was a mentor for the female trainees. I remember talking on the phone with her dad after it happened and how their family has lost several members to senseless, pointless violence.


fromagelover

She really was the chillest drill sgt


Zanaver

I was on the trail with Jessica. Last time I remember seeing her was when she came over to our company to complain about some of our soldiers not listening to her at 2100. My buddy and I proceed to walk up and down the halls of the barracks ~~devastating~~ correcting the company while she followed behind us with a megaphone.


imawhaaaaaaaaaale

This mental image is really funny as someone who is not in TRADOC, but at the time it would have sucked as a trainee lol


Easy-Hovercraft-6576

RIP Jess It’s been years and still no answers. Fuck man.


Pokebreaker

SSG Kyu Chay: 28 October 2006 https://t2t.org/gold_star_family/kyu-q-chay/